Currently, the main method is an operation called a carotid endarterectomy, where surgeons cut into the artery and remove clogs.
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Bailes co-edited the book, Microsurgical Carotid Endarterectomy, along with Robert F . Spetzler of the Barrow Neurological Institute.
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Performs first successful carotid endarterectomy, removal of a blockage of the carotid artery, establishing the field of surgical treatment of stroke.
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In 1958, to counteract narrowing of an artery caused by an endarterectomy, DeBakey performed the first successful patch-graft angioplasty.
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The best supporting evidence is correlative; patients display subcortical abnormalities on CT scans and present more microembolic signals during a carotid endarterectomy.
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She would leave the surgery _ called an endarterectomy _ on the Tuesday schedule, but I needn't feel pressed by that.
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The results, released at a conference Thursday, offer the first clear guidelines about who should have this surgery, called carotid endarterectomy.
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Until further research, " the scales are tipped against the routine use of endarterectomy in patients who have no symptoms ."
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"' Carotid endarterectomy ( CEA ) "'is a stenosis ( narrowing ) in the common carotid artery or internal carotid artery.
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Plasma Cp has been reported to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including atherosclerosis, carotid restenosis after endarterectomy, and myocardial infarction.
